Creative Conversations (CC) is a program bringing emerging and established artists together to engage in conversation in a welcoming and relaxed environment. CC is an opportunity to meet with artists who work in various mediums and talk about the joys, struggles, inspirations, and technical issues artists deal with throughout their creative journey. Participants have the opportunity to share their work and receive sensitive and useful feedback from the visiting artist.
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 2:15pm
Pre-Registration Required
email: info@cheltenhamarts.org
Maureen Drdak travels widely in pursuit of
her visions; her research has taken her to
Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India,
Nepal and the Himalayas; Drdak’s work
references universal paradigms of mythic
archetypes–both ancient and contemporary
forces converge in her work. A graduate of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and
the University of the Arts in Philadelphia– she
is the recipient of numerous honors, including the 2011-2012 U.S. Fulbright
Senior Scholar Award for Nepal; her Fulbright work, The Prakriti Project,
Atman 7 2021
Copper repousse elements, mineral
particles, and abraded acrylic with
23.5K gold a on 1 inch D archival
pioneered the first synthesis of repoussé metalwork and contemporary
painting. Drdak received personal support from H. F. Lenfest and Eugene V.
Thaw for Lung-Ta, an interdisciplinary collaborative with international
composer Dr. Andrea Clearfield inspired by the Tibetan Kingdom of Lo in the
Nepalese Himalayas; Lung-Ta premiered at the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia in 2009 and had its Midwest premiere at the University of
Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel in May 2012. http://www.maureendrdak.com/
